Expandible brassiere cup



March 22, 1949. M. ROTH EXPANDABLE BRASSIERE cur Filed Nov. 19, 1947 INVENTOR.

Patented Mar. 22, 1949 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE EXPANDIBLE BRASSIERE CUP Max Roth, Brooklyn, N. Y.

Application November 19, 1947, Serial No. 786,913

2 Claims. 1

This invention relates to brassieres and to the method of making the same.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a brassire construction wherein the breasts will be held in lifted or elevated position and wherein there is provided suflicient play over the top ends of the brassire to adjust the brassire to different sizes of breasts and allow for expansion, and allow the brassire to be adjustable and used by people having one breast of differ ent size than the other and to thereby eliminate the necessity for them to procure especially fitted and more expensive brassires.

Other objects of the present invention are to provide a brassiere which is adjustable, that is of simple construction, easy and inexpensive to manufacture, and efficient in operation.

For a better understanding of the invention, reference may be had to the following detailed description taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, in which Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the brassiere in place over the breasts of a wearer,

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary sectional view taken on line 2-2 of Fig. 1,

Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken on the same line in Fig. 1 but with the portions expanded,

Figs. 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 are respectively fragmentary perspective views illustrating the steps in the process of folding the material on the top ends to provide for the expansion of the material when in use and to allow extra material for the larger breasts.

Referring now to the figures, l0 represents a body having breasts ll over which brassir l2 embodying the features of the present invention is extended. This brassire is formed of front panels 13 and M to which are attached rear panels [5 respectively to extend about the side and back of the wearer. In order to shape the front panels so that they will properly receive the breasts they are taken up or gathered vertically as indicated at l6 and they are taken up or gathered horizontally as indicated at [1. The two front panels are sewn together as indicated at (8.

In order to provide at the tops of these panels added material which can be expanded to receive the more full or larger breasts, the top portion is especially formed in the manner to be presently described.

In Fig. 4 the top portion is cut to provide a slit l9 and flaps 2| and 22. At the slit the corner of the material is removed. The flap 2| is then folded down as shown in Figure 5 along the slit l9 and leaving a projected end 23 of the flap 2 22. The flap 2| is then bent upon itself toprovide a double fold as shown in Figure 6 and as indicated at 24. This fold is left unstitched and hence can be expanded when of necessity more cloth area is needed for the larger breasts.

Thereafter flap 22 is folded in a similar manner over the end of flap 2| and its fold 24 as illustrated in Figure 7. This flap 22 likewise is bent back upon itself as shown in Figure 8 to provide a double fold 25. Accordingly a double fold arrangement of the flaps 2| and 22 is provided as viewed in Figure 9. Thereafter the stitching of the garment is done so as to include merely the upper ends of the folds as indicated at 26. The remaining parts of the folds 24 and 25 will be free to open up or expand, the upper ends of the folds only being caught and prohibited from ex panding.

As viewed in Figures 2 and 3 there is shown the front panel with its fold 25 unextended as when upon a small breast and as in Figure 3 the fold expanded to accommodate a large breast, the free part of the fold having been extended while the top end of the fold stays intact.

Connected to the outer top portions of the panels above the folds are adjustable straps 28 having buckles or adjusting members 29. These straps extend over the shoulder in the usual manner to support the top portions of the brassire.

While various changes may be made in the detail construction, it shall be understood that such changes shall be within the spirit and scope of the present invention as defined by the appended claims.

Having now described my invention, I claim:

1. A brassire construction comprising two front panels secured together and adapted to be extended over the breasts, rear panels adapted to be respectively connected to the respective front panels and to extend about the sides and back of the wearer, each of said front panels having a top portion formed of unstitched reverse folded flaps extending along the sides of the top portion and running at an angle with respect to each other, said reverse folded flaps being connected together only at the apex of the top portion whereby to permit the folds to expand to accommodate the breast, shoulder straps connected to the apex of the top portions respectively and adapted to extend over the shoulders of the wearer and connected with the rear panels.

2. A method of forming expansible folds in the top portions of brassire panels which consists of cutting away the apex corner portion of a blank panel piece, reverse folding inwardly opposite 2,465,171 r 3 4 sides of the top portion to provide expansible folds REFERENCES CITED and overlapping the upper ends of the folds, stitching the upper ends of the folds and thereafter securing together the upper ends of the The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

folds. 5 FOREIGN PATENTS Number Country Date Mm; ROTH' 369,602 Great Britain Mar. 22, 1932 554,302 Germany July '7, 1932 

